Captain Graeme Smith scored 89 not out to help South Africa beat Australia by two runs in their Twenty20 match.
Australia's three World Cup-winning captains are unified in their belief that under-fire skipper Michael Clarke is the right man to lead the team to a potential fifth tournament victory next March.
Gilchrist is one of five Australian batsmen now in the top 10 along with Ponting, Symonds, Hussey and Clarke.
The Australian captain became the first player to win the award twice, while Shane Warne was named Test player of the year.
The Australian paceman took four wickets to lead his team to an 80-run win over South Africa
The Aussies rebounded from a string of wretched results to trounce England by 57 runs in the triangular series.
Australia and England could both suffer blows as injuries have put Brett Lee and Simon Jones both in doubt
Fondly called The Wall, India's former captain has a lot to be inspired from.
The Australian fast bowler said his bowling action was also "questioned" at the start of his career and he could relate to Murali's feelings.
Captain Stephen Fleming, however, may return to the side after having surgery to remove a tumour from his face.
Brett Lee is to have surgery on his nasal passage to correct breathing problems
The Australian produced a fast bowling spell bristling with pure hostility to lead his side to a 147-run victory in the first ODI.
The BCCSL has demanded an explanation from the off-spinner for accusing Australian pace bowlers of chucking in a radio interview.
The Australians ended the day 4 in the third Test against the West Indies on 76 for 2, needing 106 runs more for victory.
The West Indies were 68 for 2 in their second innings at stumps on day 3 of the third Test, after Australia had taken a first innings lead of 23 runs.
Pace bowler Nathan Bracken has been named ahead of legspinner Stuart MacGill for Australia in the first Test.
Australia's fast bowler Jason Gillespie's comeback hopes suffered a blow when he was ruled out of a first-class match with a bruised lung.
Australia's captain said the two rescued the side when it was under pressure.
Trump ramped up his fight with the National Football League on Tuesday, calling on the popular league to ban players from kneeling in protest at games while the US national anthem is played.
The speedster became only the second Australian bowler in 70 years to concede 200 runs in a Test innings.
The 27-year-old Lee has taken 151 wickets in 84 one-day internationals.
'What I would love him to do most is to become a life coach and share his incredible story of struggle, success, and survival,' says marketing guru Sandeep Goyal.
Australia have called uncapped fast bowler Stuart Clark into their squad for the third Ashes Test
Nathan Lyon walked into the record books with career-best figures of 8 for 50 as India suffered another batting debacle.
Sydney-born Chris Rogers hit a double century for Leicestershire to deny Australia a win before the Ashes series.
